Anne Branigin

Washington, D.C.

Reporter, Style

Education: University of North Carolina at Wilmington, BFA, Creative Writing; University of Southern California, MS, Journalism

Anne Branigin is a staff reporter in Style covering breaking news and writing feature stories. Previously, she worked at the Root covering news, politics, health and social justice movements through the lens of race and gender.
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Six new lawsuits accuse Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of sexual assault

A 16-year-old male who attended one of Sean “Diddy” Combs’s White Parties is among the accusers who filed civil lawsuits against the mogul on Monday.

October 14, 2024
Sean “Diddy” Combs got hit with a half-dozen lawsuits on Monday alleging sexual abuse.

Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley says he owes his career to mentor who groomed him

Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley claims his former manager coerced him into a sexual relationship in his new memoir “Walking Disaster.”

October 12, 2024
Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 performs in Milan in 2020.

Taylor Swift is reportedly the world’s richest female musician at $1.6 billion

But unlike her industry peers, Swift’s billioniare era has been fueled chiefly by her music.

October 7, 2024
Taylor Swift arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 11 in Elmont, N.Y.

120 additional sexual assault lawsuits to be filed against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

Lawyers for dozens of new accusers allege that some assaults took place at Combs’s infamous “White Parties,” and involved victims as young as 9 and 14.

October 1, 2024
Sean Combs arrives at a pre-Grammy event at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 25, 2020, in Beverly Hills.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of recording rape for porn in new suit

The lawsuit alleges Combs and his bodyguard tied up and repeatedly raped a 25-year-old woman at Bad Boy studios in the early 2000s.

September 24, 2024
Attorney Gloria Allred holds a news conference with Thalia Graves, an alleged victim of Sean “Diddy” Combs, on Tuesday in Los Angeles.

Sports mascots were very dude-coded. Then came Ellie the Elephant.

You can’t ignore the elephant in the room — because she’s twerking, for the WNBA’s New York Liberty.

September 22, 2024

Charges against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs allege 16 years of abuse and crimes

The music mogul was arrested on charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. He is being held without bail.

September 17, 2024
Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York.

The charges against Sean 'Diddy' Combs

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been arrested on charges including racketeering and sex trafficking. He has denied the charges. Today, we dive into the case prosecutors are building against him and explore why the charges are coming out now.

September 17, 2024

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs charged with sex-trafficking, denied bail

Combs’s indictment and arrest follows several sexual assault lawsuits against him and Homeland Security raids on two of his mansions.

September 17, 2024
Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at a movie premiere at the CBS Radford Studio Center in Los Angeles on May 30, 2018.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs indictment, charges on sex trafficking, racketeering broken down

Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was indicted on sex trafficking and racketeering charges. Here’s what we learned from the unsealed 14-page federal indictment.

September 17, 2024
Sean “Diddy” Combs, seen in 2017 at the Met Gala, was arrested Monday by federal agents on multiple charges, including racketeering and sex trafficking.